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* '''RJ''' — RJ is a raccoon [[Confidence trick|con artist]].<ref name=Comic-2018May03>{{comic strip reference|url=https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2018/05/03|strip=Over the Hedge|writer=[[Michael Fry]]|artist=[[T. Lewis]]|date=May 3, 2018 |syndicate= [[United Feature Syndicate]]|quote= |
* '''RJ''' — RJ is a raccoon [[Confidence trick|con artist]].<ref name=Comic-2018May03>{{comic strip reference|url=https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2018/05/03|strip=Over the Hedge|writer=[[Michael Fry]]|artist=[[T. Lewis]]|date=May 3, 2018 |syndicate= [[United Feature Syndicate]]|quote="RJ is a racoon who likes Twinkies. He also naps a lot. The end."}}</ref> He takes pride in being extremely apathetic. He apparently envisions himself as an intellectual; however, his "facts" are obviously false. He is sometimes shown without a brain, using his brain cavity to store his "[[Handkerchief|hanky]]" and [[Mint (candy)|breath mints]]. He loves to burgle human homes for food, as well as watch them, and their televisions, through the windows. He enjoys commenting on human life, and has studied humans, and knows their ways of getting food, and even has slightly imprinted on them. He was shown to care for Clara, even before she was born (after he learned that babies can hear some things outside of the mother from Verne) by reading ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', and singing a horrible version of "[[Stairway to Heaven]]". RJ is shown to have the ability to expand to fit a massive amount of food, and is known as "that horrible raccoon kid" on Halloween. His favourite food is [[Twinkies]].<ref name=Comic-2018May03 /> |
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* '''Verne''' — Verne is a cautious, easy going, lactose abhorrent [[turtle]], who is reflective, and prone to allergies. Verne is a true renaissance turtle, an intelligent and quick witted observer with a deep spiritual side and a tingling feeling in his tail when something is not right. He is one of the most caring characters (second to |
* '''Verne''' — Verne is a cautious, easy going, lactose abhorrent [[turtle]], who is reflective, and prone to allergies. Verne is a true renaissance turtle, an intelligent and quick witted observer with a deep spiritual side and a tingling feeling in his tail when something is not right. He is one of the most caring characters (second to "The Tree That Knows Stuff"), but he sometimes lacks basic common sense. His proudest achievement is gathering all of the air conditioners out of Suburbia, and shouting, "LET THE GLOBAL COOLING COMMENCE!!!", just as RJ was about to plug them all in. He is a computer nerd, and he once "broke" the Internet. Most recently, his shell was used as a hotspot for Queen Izzy, the [[Ant Queen]], and her ant subjects, forcing him to first wear one cereal box of [[Lucky Charms]], and then one [[The Utilikilts Company|utilikilt]]. |
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* '''Hammy''' — A hyperactive squirrel, Hammy is the least intelligent, though also the most lovable character in the strip, spouting random comments at random moments. His comments usually state an unusually short lecture on a topic of little interest to the other characters. The character started the strip as |
* '''Hammy''' — A hyperactive squirrel, Hammy is the least intelligent, though also the most lovable character in the strip, spouting random comments at random moments. His comments usually state an unusually short lecture on a topic of little interest to the other characters. The character started the strip as "Hammy". He was later renamed as "Sammy", one [[continuity error]] that was assigned a fanciful explanation, when the film was in production, in May 2005.<ref>{{Citation |last=Fry|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Fry|author2=T. Lewis|author2-link=T. Lewis|title = Over the Hedge|url=https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/05/14|access-date=9 October 2010|date=14 May 2005}}</ref> The character swapped places in December 2005, with his duplicate, also named "Hammy", from the other side of a mirror.<ref>{{Citation |last=Fry|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Fry|author2=T. Lewis|author2-link=T. Lewis|title=Over the Hedge|url=https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/12/15|access-date=2 August 2010|date=15 December 2005}}</ref> RJ has addressed the character as "Hamilton".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2016/07/14|title=Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for Jul 14, 2016 - GoComics.com|date=14 July 2016|website=Gocomics.com|access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> |
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* '''Clara''' — A human infant, who can speak to and understand the animals, with surprising intelligence. She gets along best with RJ, often adding insight to his plans. |
* '''Clara''' — A human infant, who can speak to and understand the animals, with surprising intelligence. She gets along best with RJ, often adding insight to his plans. |
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Revision as of 08:41, 21 October 2022
| Over the Hedge | |
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 Comic Strip Header (2017) | |
| Author(s) | Michael Fry T. Lewis |
| Website | gocomics |
| Current status/schedule | Running |
| Launch date | June 12, 1995 |
| Syndicate(s) | United Feature Syndicate |
| Genre(s) | Humour Gag-a-day |
Over the Hedge is a syndicated comic strip, written by Michael Fry, and drawn by T. Lewis. It tells the story of a raccoon, a turtle, a squirrel, and their friends, who come to terms with their woodlands being taken over, by suburbia, trying to survive the increasing flow of humanity and technology while becoming enticed by it at the same time. The strip debuted June 12, 1995.[1]
Main characters
- RJ — RJ is a raccoon con artist.[2] He takes pride in being extremely apathetic. He apparently envisions himself as an intellectual; however, his "facts" are obviously false. He is sometimes shown without a brain, using his brain cavity to store his "hanky" and breath mints. He loves to burgle human homes for food, as well as watch them, and their televisions, through the windows. He enjoys commenting on human life, and has studied humans, and knows their ways of getting food, and even has slightly imprinted on them. He was shown to care for Clara, even before she was born (after he learned that babies can hear some things outside of the mother from Verne) by reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and singing a horrible version of "Stairway to Heaven". RJ is shown to have the ability to expand to fit a massive amount of food, and is known as "that horrible raccoon kid" on Halloween. His favourite food is Twinkies.[2]
- Verne — Verne is a cautious, easy going, lactose abhorrent turtle, who is reflective, and prone to allergies. Verne is a true renaissance turtle, an intelligent and quick witted observer with a deep spiritual side and a tingling feeling in his tail when something is not right. He is one of the most caring characters (second to "The Tree That Knows Stuff"), but he sometimes lacks basic common sense. His proudest achievement is gathering all of the air conditioners out of Suburbia, and shouting, "LET THE GLOBAL COOLING COMMENCE!!!", just as RJ was about to plug them all in. He is a computer nerd, and he once "broke" the Internet. Most recently, his shell was used as a hotspot for Queen Izzy, the Ant Queen, and her ant subjects, forcing him to first wear one cereal box of Lucky Charms, and then one utilikilt.
- Hammy — A hyperactive squirrel, Hammy is the least intelligent, though also the most lovable character in the strip, spouting random comments at random moments. His comments usually state an unusually short lecture on a topic of little interest to the other characters. The character started the strip as "Hammy". He was later renamed as "Sammy", one continuity error that was assigned a fanciful explanation, when the film was in production, in May 2005.[3] The character swapped places in December 2005, with his duplicate, also named "Hammy", from the other side of a mirror.[4] RJ has addressed the character as "Hamilton".[5]
- Clara — A human infant, who can speak to and understand the animals, with surprising intelligence. She gets along best with RJ, often adding insight to his plans.
Film adaptation
A computer animated film adaptation, written by Travis Gibbons and T. Lewis, and produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, was released on May 19, 2006 (June 30, 2006 in Britain). The film adaptation features RJ befriending a group of woodlanders (two of whom are Hammy and Verne) and introducing them to suburbia, with an ulterior motive of helping him replenish the food supply he stole from a bear named Vincent.
Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Wanda Sykes and Nick Nolte star as RJ, Verne, Hammy, Ozzie (an opossum), Stella (a skunk), Lou and Penny (porcupines) and Vincent (a bear), respectively. The film features Avril Lavigne’s first major film role, as Heather, Ozzie's continuously embarrassed teenage daughter.
The film grossed $336 million worldwide.[6] Following DreamWorks acquisition by Comcast in 2016, the film's rights are now owned by Universal Pictures.
References
- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780472117567.
- ^ a b Michael Fry (w), T. Lewis (a). Over the Hedge. May 3, 2018, United Feature Syndicate. ""RJ is a racoon who likes Twinkies. He also naps a lot. The end.""
- ^ Fry, Michael; T. Lewis (14 May 2005), Over the Hedge, retrieved 9 October 2010
- ^ Fry, Michael; T. Lewis (15 December 2005), Over the Hedge, retrieved 2 August 2010
- ^ "Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for Jul 14, 2016 - GoComics.com". Gocomics.com. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Over the Hedge". boxofficemojo.com. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.